Iran Presidential Aide Detained for Backing Film About Mahdi - Bloomberg: "An Iranian cleric and presidential aide has been detained for backing a film about a key figure in the Shiite Muslim faith, state media reported.
Abbas Amirifar, who heads President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cultural council, was summoned by a special clerical court and arrested, the state-run Fars news agency reported May 2 without giving details. Tehran Prosecutor-General Abbas Jafari- Dolatabadi declined to elaborate when asked today about accusations against Amirifar, Fars said.
Amirifar was arrested due to his cooperation in the making and distribution of a film entitled “The Coming Is Near,” the state-run Iranian Students News Agency reported, citing Jafari- Dolatabadi. The film suggests that the Mahdi, the Messiah-figure of Shiite Islam, is to appear soon.
As was written in Islam's Savior is Christianity's Antichrist, Islam is waiting for a "Mahdi" or Twelfth (12th) Imam. The surprising aspect about this article is not that there is a film about the Mahdi circulating in Iran, but that an official close to Ahmadinejad was detained at all. There is much going on in Iran these days. Because of this, Israel is forestalling an imminent attack on their nuclear operations in the hope that the country will come to its senses on its own. Doubtful, but one must not lose hope. Unfortunately, Israel and the rest of us, are running out of time. Something needs to be done soon and it will. Just keep watching.
